Commentary
2009
Results of the Investigation Confidentiality Project
From March to July 2009, JRF monitored television news daily and recorded an average of 87 cases a month in which…
2008
Cyber Student Movements and Detention to Extort Confessions
Starting November 6, in protest of the police isolating crowds and unlawfully applying coercive force during the visit…
2008
A Cold-Eyed Perspective on the Courtroom Kaleidoscope: Court Observation Records of the Aimiyar Case
The Aimiyar case may not be a homicide case that garnered exceptional public attention in Taiwan. However, due to…
2008
Mr. Ma! Judicial Reform Is Not Just Talk!
On December 21, 2007, Legislative Yuan President Wang concluded the final plenary session of the current parliamentary…
2007
A Hundred Reasons for a Judges Act
Here is how it goes. We haven't seen Justice Bao on television for a long time, and Pao Lung-hsing seems out of place…
2007
Putting an End to the "Vast Minority of Judges": Why We Need the Judges Act
On October 27, the Judicial Reform Foundation and allied civil society groups launched the "We Want the Judges Act"…
2007
Recognizing Vulnerable Individuals in Legal Proceedings
According to news reports, Lin, a totally blind student at The Affiliated Senior High School of National Kaohsiung…
2006
Two Years of Trial, Only to Conclude "Appeal Filed Past Deadline"?
The statutory period for filing a criminal appeal is "ten days," which is legal ABCs in practice. Few attorneys dare to…
2006
What Abolishing the Death Penalty Is / Is Not
Recently, some commentators argued that Taiwan's “zero death penalty” since 2006 is a “beautiful accident,”…
